Anthropology Contemporary Perspectives

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Description: This collection of short readings on all aspects of anthropology conveys the excitement and relevance of contemporary anthropology. This book organizes readings around the major subdisciplines within anthropology: biological anthropology, culturalMore...

This collection of short readings on all aspects of anthropology conveys the excitement and relevance of contemporary anthropology. This book organizes readings around the major subdisciplines within anthropology: biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and language and communication, making it easy to notice trends and themes. For anyone with an interest in anthropology.

Preface

Introduction to Anthropology

The Evolving Study of Anthropology

Finding Anthropology

Biological Anthropology

Human Evolution

Darwinism Defined: The Difference between Fact and Theory

The Great Leap Forward

The Secret Life of the Neanderthal

The Search for Early Man

Designed for Another Time: Modern Problems for an Ancient Species

Evolutionary Psychology

What Are Friends For?

Games Primates Play

On Becoming Human

What Do Women Want?

Isn't She Lovely?

Human Diversity

Racial Odyssey

"Race": Myths under the Microscope

The Tall and the Short of It

Archaeology

Doing Archaeology

Fingerprints in the Sand

Garbage Demographics

Temples of Doom

Issues in Archaeology

The First Americans

Images of the Ice Age

New Clues Show Where People Made the Great Leap to Agriculture

Brewing an Ancient Beer

The World's First City

The Cradle of Cash

Rise of Civilization: Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica

Empires in the Dust

Language and Communication

Language, Thought, and Communication

The Gift of Gab

Koko: "Fine Animal Gorilla"

Women's Talk

The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why

Close Encounters

Flirting Fascination

Cultural Anthropology

Fieldwork

Shakespeare in the Bush

Eating Christmas in the Kalahari

Body Ritual among the Nacirema

Now the Ancient Ways Are Less Mysterious

Kinship and Marriage

Marriage: For Love, Profit, or Politics

The Marriage of Yongsu's Mother

Political and Economic Organization

Life without Chiefs

In Search of the Affluent Society

Cultural Ecology

India's Sacred Cow

Plight of the Ik and Kaiadilt Is Seen as a Chilling Possible End for Humankind

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